n.
Pronunciation: ' sh ə nt
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, to move suddenly, turn away, evade, perhaps from past participle of shonen
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1 a : to turn off to one side : SHIFT <was shunt ed aside> b : to switch (as a train) from one track to another
2 : to provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
3 : to divert (blood) from one part to another by a surgical shunt
4 : SHUTTLE < shunt ed the missiles from shelter to shelter>
intransitive verb
1 : to move to the side
2 : to travel back and forth < shunt ed between the two towns>
– shunt · er noun